Steven Backus wrote:
I have some files I'd like to permanently remove from my system
(archiving to tape). It would be nice to have them listed in
amanda's index and have amanda keep track of them for me. Does
anyone know a way to do this?
Mark the tape as "no-reuse". Then amanda will not recycle the
tape, but still keep track of it.
I suggest you add a special config for this, instead of the daily.
Call it "archive" or such.
Add "record no", "dumpcycle 0" and "index yes" to the dumptype, (and
even "skip-incr yes" and "strategy no-inc" to speed up estimates).
"record no" is important to avoid messing up the daily schedule.
I suggest you use gnutar to backup; who knows what hardware you
need to restore the files to in 5 years from now.
Add the necessary entries to the disklist.
Label a tape, e.g. "ARCHIVE-0000", or even "ARCH-20040528-BigProject".
Run "amdump archive".
Run "amverify archive".
Run "amadmin archive no-reuse ARCHIVE-0000".
rm -rf BigProject
It's nice to let amreport generate some Postscript labels to go with the
tape too.
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